Democrats look to increase education funding

Source: lasvegassun.com Posted By: Len W...4095 days ago

Democrats in the Nevada Legislature want to increase education funding by roughly $310 million — and that’s the floor of what they want to spend.

They would sink money into a variety of programs aimed mostly at early childhood education that they say are critical for improving the state’s graduation rate and student performance.

The funding is in addition to the $135 million Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval has proposed to put into the public schools budget.

Lawmakers will spend this week....

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